<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As a rule all the grand piano moves at OSU are done by outside movers.  Occasionally I'll move a small grand (under 6') if I have someone to set the dolly and someone else there to help lift.  I will not move a piano up and down stairs or between buildings.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>When everything goes as planned piano moving is pretty simple, but things can get ugly fast.  I think moving seven pianos at once is a little too much to ask of your techs.  Especially if it's not something they normally do.  Accidents happen when people get tired.  Pianos can do a real number on a hand or a foot - falling pianos crush bones rather than just breaking them.  Last spring a piano fell on a janitors foot at a middle school that I service occasionally, broke it in 27 places.  And it's not uncommon to pull a muscle in your back when lifting something that heavy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I think that the administration should shop around for another piano moving company or maybe call a furniture moving company, sometimes they will also move pianos.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If I was asked to move seven pianos because the administration was too cheap to hire a professional I'd probably do it, but I would also start looking for another job.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mitch Staples</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Piano Technician</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656041119-02062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ohio State University</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT><BR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>